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Happy

/ˈhæpiː/

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

📖 Definitions of "Happy"

noun
  1. 1

    A happy event, thing, person, etc.

noun
  1. 1

    Preceded by the: happy people as a group.

verb
  1. 1

    Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

  2. 2

    Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

adjective
  1. 1

    Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

    "Music makes me feel happy."

  2. 2

    Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

  3. 3

    Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

    "Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?"

  4. 4

    (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.

    "a happy coincidence"

🔄 Synonyms of "Happy"

26 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
halcyonnoun(figurative) Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
contentnounSatisfied, pleased, contented.
brightnounEmitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
felicitousAppropriate, apt, fitting.
riantMirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
expansiveComprehensive in scope or extent.
elysiannounBlissful, happy, heavenly
joyfulFeeling or causing joy.
pleasedHappy, content.
euphoricnounFeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
joyousFull of joy; happy.
prosperousWell off; affluent.
blissfulExtremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
blessednounHaving divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
goldennounMade of, or relating to, gold.
gladverbPleased; happy; gratified.
fortunateHappening by good luck or favorable chance.
euphoriantnounA drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
paradisalLike paradise; paradisiacal.
paradisiacOf or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful.
contentedSatisfied.
paradisaicalOf or relating to paradise (or heaven).
paradisialparadisiacal
paradisiacalOf or resembling paradise.
well-chosenwell expressed and to the point

↔️ Antonyms of "Happy"

Words with the opposite meaning.

WordDefinition
sadverbFeeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
distressedAnxious or uneasy.
unhappynounNot happy; sad.
dysphoricnounPertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Happy"

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WordDefinition
pleasedverbHappy, content.
blissfulExtremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
contentSatisfied, pleased, contented.
gladPleased; happy; gratified.
contentedverbSatisfied.
joyfulFeeling or causing joy.
euphoricFeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
joyousFull of joy; happy.
fortunateHappening by good luck or favorable chance.
riantMirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
prosperousWell off; affluent.
euphoriantProducing euphoria.
felicitousAppropriate, apt, fitting.
expansiveComprehensive in scope or extent.
laughingverb(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
blessednounHaving divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
paradisialparadisiacal
paradisiacOf or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful.
paradisiacalOf or resembling paradise.
paradisaicalOf or relating to paradise (or heaven).

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